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Drawing Water over Parson's Marsh<\/p><\/div>\n

Happy Sunday!<\/p>\n

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By the time I got out yesterday afternoon, we were rapidly loosing the light. Clouds were coming and we had an early sunset as they built in from the west. I always love the sun drawing water<\/em> effect, and have caught it several times this fall. Must be something in the air.<\/p>\n

Drawing water shots are, however, among the most difficult to expose. It is really a very delicate effect: obvious to the naked eye…but the eye has such a huge range of light\u00a0sensitivity\u00a0compared to any capture medium, and certainly compared to a digital sensor. It is just not possible to capture the scene the way it really <\/em>looks.<\/p>\n

Sony DSC H50 at 31mm equivalent. F5.6 @ 1\/1000th @ ISO 100. Programmed Auto, tipped up to meter the sky.<\/p>\n

So you expose, as I did here, for the sun-rays, and everything else goes unnaturally dark. You can recover some of the natural look in post-processing with curves and levels and selective exposure compensation, but you never get quite there. Personally, I generally decide on the dramatic look…dark and intense…and then second think and go back for a more natural treatment, as I did here.<\/p>\n

In Lightroom, I used two Graduated Filter effects, one from the bottom to lighten the foreground, and one from the top to darken the clouds and sky. I also applied a good deal of Fill Light to bring out some color in the marsh grasses in the mid-ground. Blackpoint just a touch right for intensity. Added Clarity and Vibrance for the drawing water effect. Sharpen Landscape preset.<\/p>\n

From Around Home: Kennebunk<\/a> ME.<\/p>\n

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